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US20230152660A1 - Optical control element, optical modulation device using same, and optical transmission apparatus - Google Patents

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US20230152660A1 US17/916,400 US202017916400A US2023152660A1 US 20230152660 A1 US20230152660 A1 US 20230152660A1 US 202017916400 A US202017916400 A US 202017916400A US 2023152660 A1 US2023152660 A1 US 2023152660A1
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  • the present invention relates to an optical control element and an optical modulation device and an optical transmission apparatus using the same, and more particularly to an optical control element having an input portion and an output portion of an optical waveguide on the same side of a substrate.
  • an optical control element which includes an optical waveguide on a substrate having an electro-optic effect, such as being made of lithium niobate (LN) , and a control electrode for controlling a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide.
  • An optical modulator that is an example of an optical control element is required to have a wide band of 400 Gbps or more and to be compact.
  • a driver circuit that generates the high-frequency signal and the optical control element are disposed close to each other, and a signal line is formed in a linear shape.
  • an optical modulator has been proposed in which a high-frequency signal is input from one end face of a case that accommodates an optical control element, and a light wave is input and output from the opposite end face.
  • Patent Literature No. 1 proposes a technique of bending an optical waveguide in an optical modulator multiple times to shorten an element length.
  • Patent Literature No. 2 discloses that an optical waveguide in an optical modulator is bent only once while disposing an optical input end and an optical output end on the same side of the optical modulator.
  • a Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide is used as the optical waveguide incorporated in the optical control element, and optical modulation is performed according to an optical path difference of light waves propagating through two branched waveguides.
  • Patent Literature No. 2 when the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide is turned-back, the optical path difference changes between the two branched waveguides, and thus an operation bias point voltage of the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide changes depending on wavelengths of the propagating light waves.
  • it is necessary to adjust a bias point by greatly changing a bias voltage each time a wavelength changes.
  • Patent Literature No. 3 proposes a technique in which a delay waveguide portion is provided in one of two branched waveguides in order to make optical path lengths of the branched waveguides the same.
  • a delay waveguide portion is provided in one of two branched waveguides in order to make optical path lengths of the branched waveguides the same.
  • there are also restrictions on the bending radius of the optical waveguide and thus it is difficult to compactly configure delay waveguide that compensates for the optical path difference between the branched waveguides outside and inside the turned-back potion while reducing an increase in a loss of the optical waveguide.
  • the branched waveguides have different bending waveguide configurations, there will be a difference in optical loss between the branched waveguides, and there will also be a problem that an on/off extinction ratio of the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide will deteriorate.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an optical control element that solves the above-described problems and can minimize an optical path difference between branched waveguides while reducing a difference in structure between the branched waveguides by disposing an input portion and an output portion of an optical waveguide on the same side of a substrate on which the optical waveguide is formed.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an optical modulation device and an optical transmission apparatus using this optical control element.
  • the optical control element, the optical modulation device, and the optical transmission apparatus of the present invention have the following technical features.
  • An optical control element includes a substrate having an electro-optic effect; an optical waveguide formed on the substrate; and a control electrode controlling a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide, in which an input portion and an output portion of the optical waveguide are formed on the same side of the substrate, the optical waveguide includes at least one Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portion that has two branched waveguides branched from one optical waveguide and combines the two branched waveguides to form one optical waveguide, and the branched waveguides have an even number of turned-back potions.
  • optical path lengths of the branched waveguides are set to be same as each other.
  • one optical waveguide is branched into a plurality of optical waveguides, each branched optical waveguide is provided with the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portion, and the branched waveguides of the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portion have an even number of turned-back potions in a state in which the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portions are disposed in parallel.
  • the control electrode includes a modulation electrode and a bias electrode, and the modulation electrode and the bias electrode are provided in different sections for a plurality of sections separated by the turned-back potion of the branched waveguide.
  • An optical modulation device includes the optical control element according to any one of the above (1) to (4); a case that accommodates the optical control element; and an optical fiber through which light waves are input to and output from the optical control element.
  • the optical modulation device further includes an electronic circuit that amplifies a modulation signal input to the optical control element and is provided inside the case.
  • An optical transmission apparatus includes the optical modulation device according to the above (5) or (6); and an electronic circuit that outputs a modulation signal for causing the optical modulation device to perform a modulation operation.
  • the optical waveguide includes at least one Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portion that has two branched waveguides branched from one optical waveguide and combines the two branched waveguides to form one optical waveguide, and the branched waveguides have an even number of turned-back potions.
  • optical control element that can minimize an optical path difference between branched waveguides while reducing a difference in structure between the branched waveguides by disposing an input portion and an output portion of an optical waveguide on the same side of a substrate on which the optical waveguide is formed.
  • the wavelength dependence of an operation bias point voltage of the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide can be suppressed, a propagation loss of a light wave in each branched waveguide can be reduced, and a high on/off extinction ratio can be realized.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view showing Example 1 of an optical control element according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view showing Example 2 of an optical control element according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 3 A to 3 C are plan views showing Example 3 of an optical control element according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view showing Example 4 of an optical control element according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view showing Example 5 of an optical control element according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view showing Example 6 of an optical control element according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a plan view showing Example 7 of an optical control element according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a plan view showing Example 8 of an optical control element according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a plan view showing Example 9 of an optical control element according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an optical modulation device and an optical transmission apparatus according to the present invention.
  • an optical control element including a substrate 1 having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide 2 formed on the substrate, and control electrodes (M, B 1 to B 2 , and the like) that control a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide
  • an input portion (input light L 1 ) and an output portion (output light L 2 ) of the optical waveguide are formed on the same side of the substrate
  • the optical waveguide includes at least one Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portion (MZ) that has two branched waveguides ( 21 , 22 ) that are branched from one optical waveguide and combines the two branched waveguides to form one optical waveguide
  • the branched waveguides have an even number of turned-back potions (A 1 , A 2 ).
  • a substrate made of a material such as lithium niobate (LN), lithium tantalate (LT), or lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT), or a vapor deposition film of these materials or a composite substrate or the like in which these materials are bonded to different substrates may be used.
  • Various materials such as semiconductor materials or organic materials may also be used for optical waveguides.
  • a rib-type optical waveguide is used in which a portion of a substrate corresponding to the optical waveguide is made to protrude, such as by etching a surface of the substrate other than the optical waveguide or by forming grooves on both sides of the optical waveguide.
  • An optical waveguide may be formed by forming a high refractive index portion on the substrate surface by using Ti or the like according to a thermal diffusion method, a proton exchange method, or the like.
  • a composite optical waveguide may be formed, for example, by diffusing a high refractive index material in a rib-type optical waveguide portion.
  • a thickness of the substrate 1 on which the optical waveguide is formed is set to 10 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 5 ⁇ m or less in order to achieve velocity matching between a microwave of a modulation signal and a light wave.
  • a ratio h/t of height h of the rib-type optical waveguide (from the bottom of the groove on both sides of the rib-type optical waveguide to the top side of the rib-type optical waveguide protruding portion) to a substrate thickness t of the rib-type optical waveguide portion (from the bottom surface of the substrate to the top side of the rib-type optical waveguide protruding portion) is set to 0.8 or less.
  • h/t is set in the range of 0.6 to 0.8.
  • a vapor deposition film may be formed on the reinforcing substrate 1 , and the film may be processed into a shape of the optical waveguide as described above.
  • the substrate on which the optical waveguide is formed is adhered and fixed to a reinforcing substrate through direct bonding or an adhesive layer of resin or the like in order to increase mechanical strength.
  • a material having a refractive index lower than that of the optical waveguide or the substrate on which the optical waveguide is formed and a thermal expansion coefficient close to that of the optical waveguide, such as quartz, is preferably used.
  • the same material as the substrate on which the optical waveguide is formed for example, an LN substrate may be used as the reinforcing substrate, or a high refractive index substrate such as a silicon substrate may be used as the reinforcing substrate.
  • a feature of the optical control element of the present invention is that, as shown in FIG. 1 , the optical waveguide 2 formed on the substrate 1 has at least one Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portion (MZ).
  • MZ Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portion
  • an even number of turned-back potions (A 1 , A 2 ) related to the branched waveguides is formed.
  • the shapes of the optical waveguides at the turned-back potions A 1 and A 2 are same, not only can the optical path lengths of the branched waveguides be set to be equal to each other, but also propagation losses of the optical waveguides can be set to be the same.
  • a loss difference between the branched waveguides is reduced, and deterioration in the on/off extinction ratio of the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide can be suppressed.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 clearly show that the same optical waveguide shape as that of the optical control element in FIG. 1 , and further show a modulation electrode M and bias electrodes (B 1 , B 2 ) which are control electrodes.
  • a common technical feature in FIGS. 2 and 3 is that the modulation electrode M and the bias electrodes (B 1 , B 2 ) are provided in different sections for a plurality of sections of the branched waveguides ( 21 , 22 ) separated by the turned-back potions (A 1 , A 2 ) shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the sections may be classified as three sections such as a first section preceding the turned-back potion A 1 (a section from the branch portion 20 to the turned-back potion A 1 ), a second section between the turned-back potions A 1 and A 2 (a section from the turned-back potion A 1 to the turned-back potion A 2 ), and a third section after the turned-back potion A 2 (a section from the turned-back potion A 2 to the Y-junction 23 ).
  • the modulation electrode M is disposed in the first section
  • the bias electrode B 1 is disposed in the second section
  • the bias electrode B 2 is disposed in the third section.
  • the modulation electrode M propagates a high-frequency signal through the modulation electrode M, it is preferable to reduce the bending of the electrode in order to reduce deterioration in the high-frequency signal. Therefore, the modulation electrode M is disposed to fit within one section.
  • a modulation signal S 1 is introduced from a direction (upper side of the substrate 1 ) perpendicular to the extending direction (horizontal direction in the drawing) of an action portion (a portion that applies an electric field to the optical waveguide) of the modulation electrode M. Therefore, a bent portion is required to be provided in a part of a lead-in portion of the modulation electrode (a portion between the input portion of the modulation signal and the action portion).
  • the modulation electrode M is formed in a linear shape from the input portion of the action portion and the modulation signal S 1 is introduced, and thus the bending of the lead-in portion of the modulation electrode can also be reduced to make it possible to further suppress the deterioration in a high-frequency signal.
  • a modulation signal S 2 is derived from a termination side of the modulation electrode, and the derived modulation signal S 2 is introduced to a terminator including a termination resistor and the like.
  • a terminator may be disposed on the substrate or a resistive film may be formed on the substrate.
  • the bias electrodes (B 1 , B 2 ) may be effectively disposed by using a section where the modulation electrode is not disposed. Although only one of B 1 or B 2 functions as the bias electrode, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , by occupying a plurality of sections and forming a long bias electrode along the optical waveguide, a bias voltage can be lowered and this contributes to suppressing the DC drift phenomenon. Although the electro-optical efficiency is decreased, a light loss due to the bias electrode can be reduced by keeping the bias electrode away from the optical waveguide.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 A to 3 C show an example in which the substrate 1 employs a substrate (for example, an X-cut LN substrate; hereinafter referred to as an X substrate) in which a signal electrode is disposed between optical waveguides.
  • a substrate for example, an X-cut LN substrate; hereinafter referred to as an X substrate
  • the present invention can also be applied to an example using a substrate (for example, a Z-cut LN substrate; hereinafter referred to as a Z substrate) in which a signal electrode is disposed on an optical waveguide.
  • the present invention can also be applied to materials other than LN, such as semiconductors, as long as the materials have the optical waveguide/electrode disposition relationship described above.
  • a ground electrode is not illustrated for the sake of simplification of the drawings.
  • the bias electrodes are formed in two different sections, the bias electrodes are disposed, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 A such that signs of phase changes before and after the turned-back potion are the same.
  • FIGS. 3 B and 3 C show an example using a Z substrate, and in particular show a specific example of a disposition pattern of the bias electrodes (B 1 , B 2 ).
  • a region PR surrounded by a dotted line indicates a polarization reversal region.
  • a two-electrode modulation configuration in which an electrode is disposed in each of two branched waveguides to achieve zero chirps in the modulation function of the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portion or a configuration in which one modulation electrode is disposed to be switched between two branched waveguides by using polarization reversal may be employed.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example using a so-called nest type optical waveguide in which secondary sub-Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides (MZ 1 , MZ 2 ) are nested in each branched waveguide of a main Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide.
  • a modulation electrode may be disposed in a plurality of sections (here, two sections) in order to reduce a drive voltage of the modulation electrode.
  • a polarization reversal region is provided in a portion (one section) surrounded by the dotted line such that signs of phase changes of a light wave before and after the turned-back potion are the same.
  • the optical control element of the present invention is also applicable to a case where one optical waveguide is branched into a plurality of optical waveguides, and each branched optical waveguide is provided with a Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portion (MZ 1 , MZ 2 ).
  • a number of times of branching of optical waveguide is not limited to one, and the optical waveguide may be branched over a plurality of tiers.
  • the number of branched waveguides branched at one time is not limited to two, and may be three or more.
  • the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portions provided in the branched optical waveguides can be easily implemented in a state of being in parallel by arranging branched waveguides of the respective Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide portions and providing an even number of turned-back potions for the branched waveguides.
  • a shape of the optical waveguide at each turned-back potion is also the same shape.
  • the radii of curvature of a plurality of branched waveguides disposed in parallel are set to R, R+r, R+2r,..., and R+nr (where R and r are constants, and n is a natural number) from the inside.
  • a bending angle to be turned-back may be set to be more than 180 degrees (adj acent sections are parallel). (refer to the reference diagram)
  • two modulation electrodes are disposed for sub-Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides (MZ 1 , MZ 2 ), and two modulation signals (S 11 , S 12 ) are input.
  • a bias electrode a bias electrode BM is disposed for the main Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide, and bias electrodes BS 1 and BS 2 are disposed for the sub-Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide. Since a sufficient space can be secured for each of the bias electrodes (BM, BS 1 , BS 2 ), it is possible to reduce a bias voltage.
  • a DC bias may be superimposed on a modulation signal applied to a modulation electrode so as to be applied.
  • FIG. 5 shows two nest type optical waveguides disposed in parallel.
  • Four Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides (MZ 1 to MZ 4 ) are disposed in parallel, and modulation electrodes (M 1 to M 4 ) and bias electrode (BS 1 to BS 4 ) are disposed for the respective Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides.
  • the bias electrodes (BM 1 , BM 2 ) are also provided to correspond to the main Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide of each nest type optical waveguide.
  • FIG. 5 shows an optical control element having a polarization combining function.
  • Input light L 1 is input to the optical waveguide in the substrate 1 through a lens 30 provided in an optical block 3 .
  • the input light is split into two on the way and modulated by each nest type optical waveguide to output two pieces of modulation signal light.
  • Two light waves output from the substrate 1 are input to an optical fiber F through lenses ( 31 , 32 , 36 ).
  • one of the light waves is rotated on a polarization plane by a half-wave plate 33 , passes through reflection means 34 and polarization combining means 35 , and is combined with an other light wave to be polarization-combined into one output light.
  • FIG. 5 schematically shows the case of combining light waves by spatial optics, but light waves may be polarization-combined by a waveguide type element.
  • optical path lengths of the respective optical waveguides from branching of the optical waveguide on the input side into two to input into the respective nest type optical waveguides are different. Therefore, it is necessary to precisely adjust a timing at which the modulation signals (S 11 , S 12 , S 13 , S 14 ) are applied to the optical waveguides at the action portions (M 1 , M 2 , M 3 , M 4 ) of the modulation electrodes.
  • the modulation signal is output after a phase difference of the modulation signal is adjusted by using a digital signal processor (DSP; not shown), the signal is amplified by a driver circuit (not shown) and applied to the optical control element as a modulation signal.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • FIG. 6 shows an optical control element having the same polarization combining function as in FIG. 5 .
  • two nest type optical waveguides which are disposed after the optical waveguide is branched into two, are disposed on the left and right sides of an input waveguide input to which input light is input.
  • This disposition has the drawback that a distance between the output lenses 30 and 32 in the figure is larger than the example in FIG. 5 and thus alignment at the time of implementation of polarization combining is difficult, but the action portions (M 1 to M 4 ) of the modulation electrode can be disposed apart from each other, so that crosstalk between modulation signals can be suppressed.
  • FIG. 7 shows a modification example of the example in FIG. 6 , in which a position of the input light L 1 and positions of output light (L 21 , L 22 ) are disposed to be separated. Accordingly, the modulation electrodes (M 1 to M 4 ) are disposed near the input waveguide.
  • the modulation electrodes are disposed closer to each other than in the configuration in FIG. 6 , and thus a transmission loss of the modulation signal can be reduced until the modulation signal is input to the modulation electrodes.
  • FIG. 7 does not show a polarization combining function, but the function may be provided. From FIG. 7 and the subsequent figures, only positions of action portions of the modulation electrode and the bias electrode are shown, and a lead-in portion of each electrode is not shown.
  • FIG. 8 shows a modification example of the example in FIG. 7 , in which an input position of the input light L 1 is disposed on the upper part of the substrate 1 , nest type optical waveguides are stacked, and one piece of output light L 21 is disposed near the central part of the substrate 1 , and another piece of output light L 22 is disposed on the lower part of the substrate 1 .
  • FIG. 9 differs from the examples up to FIG. 8 in that the action portions of the modulation electrode and the bias electrode are disposed in a direction perpendicular to an input direction of a light wave (horizontal direction in the figure) .
  • the optical control element of the present invention has a high degree of freedom in designing an optical waveguide, and can employ various forms.
  • a compact optical modulation device MD can be provided.
  • the optical fiber may be directly connected to the input portion or the output portion of the optical waveguide of the substrate 1 , or may be optically connected to the input portion or the output portion via a space optical system.
  • An optical transmission apparatus OTA can be configured by connecting an electronic circuit (digital signal processor DSP) that output a modulation signal for causing the optical modulation device MD to perform a modulation operation, to the optical modulation device MD.
  • a driver circuit DRV is used because the modulation signal applied to the optical control element is required to be amplified.
  • the driver circuit DRV and the digital signal processor DSP may be disposed outside the case 4 , or may be disposed inside the case 4 . In particular, by disposing the driver circuit DRV inside the case, it is possible to further reduce a propagation loss of the modulation signal from the driver circuit.
  • an optical control element that can minimize an optical path difference between branched waveguides while reducing a difference in structure between the branched waveguides by disposing an input portion and an output portion of an optical waveguide on the same side of a substrate on which the optical waveguide is formed. It is possible to provide an optical modulation device and an optical transmission apparatus using this optical control element.
  • Reference Signs List 1 Substrate 2 : Optical waveguide 21 , 22 : Branched waveguide A 1 , A 2 : turned-back potion B 1 , B 2 : Bias electrode (action portion) M: Modulation electrode (action portion) MD: Optical modulation device MZ: Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide OTA: Optical transmission apparatus

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